Philosophy of Soul and Matter

Author(s): Chitrabhanu, Clare Rosenfield
Publisher: Jain Meditation International Center

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unique dream, with what you will be happy, and then extend that to the world. Say to yourself: “I need a few comforts, a place to rest my head, a little nourishing food, congenial communication, sweet smiles, warm feelings.” Then ask: "Do I share with the world what I need and want for myself:”.
Do we want peace? Happiness? Freedom: Noninterference? Then what we want for ourselves, why do we not give to others? In this way, we can see ourselves flowing with the vast interrelationships of the universe. The realization will come that no one can say: "I am independent; I don't care for the world.” No one is either dependent or independent, but all are interdependent in a spiritually evolving world.
Now let us understand our interdependence on a vibration level. Our capacity to transmute matter to energy and energy to inatter is experienced through vibrations every moment of our life. Just as food turns into energy in your body, so positive vibrations which you meet in a person radiant with positivity change into a pleasant feeling in your awareness.